Writing-desk



(Model.)

M. J. HAFGAR.

WRITING DESK.

No. 245,486. Patented Aug. 9,1881.

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PATENT MAGNUS J. HAFGAR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WRITING-DESK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,486, dated August 9, 1881.

Application filed October 19, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAGNUs J. HAFGAR, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Writing Desk, of which the following is a specification.

This invention belongs to that class of desks in which the writing-table slides in and out, and in whichamovable coveris arranged within the top of the desk.

In desks of this class as heretofore made the side pieces or cheeks are generally iixed per-V manently to the desk, and when the table is in use the side pieces stand up, one on each side of the table, forming an inolosure thereto, thereby diminishing the working area of the table and preventing access of light.

The object of my improvement is to pro vide such a construction of the desk as thatv the said side pieces or cheeks shallbe movable and go back out of the way into the top of the desk whenever the table is simply pulled forward for use. I thus obtain a broad and unobstructed writing-table, the side pieces, as well as the cover, being concealed within the top of the desk. By the act of pushing` the writing-table back the side pieces'or cheeks, and also the desk-cover, are brought forward, and by turning the hinged flap of the cover down upon the cheeks the desk is securely closed.

My invention consists in the combination of the movable side pieces or cheeks and the movable hinged top, the sliding table, and

attached devices, substantially as hereinafter described, so as to produce the results above mentioned.

Figure l is a perspective view ofthe desk, with parts broken away to exhibit other parts. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the same with the top removed. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the upper portion of the desk, showing the cover arranged for use as a standing writing desk or table. Fig. 5 is a section on the line cc cc of Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the base or bottom ofthe desk, and B the fixed top thereof.

O represents the movable or sliding part of (Model.)

the desk, consisting of the table D, set between side strips, a a, in a suitable depression, b, formed in the upper face of the base A, and ot' a slide, E, set also in said depression b, beneath the table D, and connected with said table D by means of the lazy-tongs D', whose center is pivoted on a cross-bar, c, while its ends are secured, respectively, to the said table D and slide E. rEhe ends of said slide E extend beneath the inner portion of the side strips,a a, and have projecting upward from them, through slots d d in said side strips, a a, rigid ears or braces ff, that are secured to the sides F F, whose lower edges extend partiallyT over the said slots d d when the desk isl closed, and whose upper and front edges are sloped or otherwise outlined to supporta cover, G, of suitable design.

The cover Gr is made lin two' parts hinged together, and is hinged to the strip that connects the sides F F at their tops. A ljointed arm, h, having one end pivoted in a suitable recess, c', in one of the sides F, and its other end connected with the cover Gr, serves to hold the said cover G up when it is folded back on itself, as shown in Fig. l, and also serves to prevent said cover G from being raised above a horizontal plane. When said cover Gis thus folded and drawn forward and held up in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 4, it serves as a writing-table for a person standing. v

H represents a set oi' drawers or pigeonholes inclosed in a rectangular frame, [,which is iixed within the top B of the desk, between the sides F F, with its ends resting on the side strips, a a, room being left beneath said frame I for the free movement of the table D and slide E.

On drawing out the table D the lazy-tongs' D operate to simultaneously force backward the slide E, and consequently the sides F F and their attached cover G, which cover Gr must trst be unlocked from the table D and elevated, and may be folded back, as shown in Fig. 1. The sides F F being thus moved back can cast no shadow vupon the table D, said table, when drawn ont, as shown in Figs. l and 3, being open at the sides to the light and air, and the front portion ofthe desk side IOO strips, a a, being flush with said table D, af- E, sliding sides F, and cover G, substantially fording free space for Working on all parts 0f as herein shown and described.

the table. y Y ,i t Having thus described myinven tion, I claim MAGMS JOHANbO HM'YAI" 5 as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent- Witnesses:

NILs. LIEFMARK,

In :L desk, the combination, with in sliding table, D, of the lazy-tongs 1),eross-bai c, slide CHRIS. LARsON. 

